Courtney Pine is an English multi-instrumentalist jazz musician (primarily for his saxophone playing), who broke into the UK Top 40 with his debut album (on Island Records) called Journey to the Urge ...

In the 1980s, as a co-founder of the band Jazz Warriors and with his debut album Journey To The Urge Within (Island, 1986), reed player Courtney Pine inspired a generation young black British ...

Courtney Pine Global and Jazzwise magazine have put together a joint media partnership. The partnership links the eclectic jazz music podcast with the UK’s biggest selling jazz magazine. “I am ...

British reed player Courtney Pine began his professional life in reggae bands, and reggae's "conscious" music tradition has since been a defining feature of his work. Pine plays conscious jazz, in ...

Tickets: $35 (1-888-671-2112 or Lyle’s Place, Ditch Records and Royal box office at 250-386-6121) Saxophonist Courtney Pine might be one of Britain’s most popular jazzmen. But to survive in music, he ...

In one of several firsts, Europa hears him blowing up a storm through the delightfully rich, woody timbres of the bass clarinet, an instrument he fell in love with when he heard Eric Dolphy play on ...

In the sleeve notes for House Of Legends, Courtney Pine dedicates his 15th studio album as band leader to five jazz greats. As the man says, “We are part of a chain. It’s not about a dealership. In ...

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On the eve of his major Commonwealth concert, Courtney Pine, OBE, talks to Mike Butler about computer games, the limitations of music and other modern day jazz stories. "I've decided to try and appeal ...